Businesses offer wedding gifts - 20/10/09

A couple whose bad wedding photographs made headlines around the world have had another go at getting their special day right - this time with another photographer.

Marc and Sylvia Day from Wakefield won compensation after their photographer - who was paid £1,400 - took shots of guests with their heads cut off and a video in which the tripod fell over.

News of their ordeal spread and several kind-hearted local businesses thought they'd give them a special wedding gift by offering money towards a second wedding.

Mr Day said: "Since everybody saw us, and it has gone all around the world, people have been coming up and giving us offers to do all sorts of things. We apologise to anyone we may have upset by turning them down but it's just been overwhelming. Thank you all so very much."

The pair won £950 in compensation after suing photographer Gareth Bowers for breach of contract.

This week the happy couple renewed their vows at St Peter the Apostle Church, Wakefield, followed by a reception at a nearby hotel.

Photographer Mark Wilkinson said it was very uncommon for couples to have a second chance to get it right.

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